If you like The Lovely Bones
If you liked The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, try some of these read-alikes.
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A certain slant of light
by Laura Whitcomb
In the class of the high school English teacher she has been haunting, Helen feels them: for the first time in 130 years, human eyes are looking at her. They belong to a boy, a boy who has not seemed remarkable until now. And Helen--terrified, but intrigued--is drawn to him. The fact that he is in a body and she is not presents this unlikely couple with their first challenge. But as the lovers struggle to find a way to be together, they begin to discover the secrets of their former lives and of the young people they come to possess.
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Before I die
by Jenny Downham
A terminally ill teenaged girl makes and carries out a list of things to do before she dies.
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Elsewhere
Gabrielle Zevin
"It was really good and intriguing!!!"
After Liz is hit by a truck and killed, she travels to a place called Elsewhere. Elsewhere is like Earth in some ways, but very different in others. It takes Liz a long time to adjust to her new "life" in Elsewhere. She misses her family and friends. She regrets that since she died at age 15, she will miss so many life experiences. Over time, Liz develops new relationships and has new experiences in Elsewhere.
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If I stay
by Gayle Forman
One moment, Mia is laughing with her mother as they, and her dad and brother are driving down the highway. The next moment, she is in a coma yet somehow able to see that her family is dead and that she is in the hospital, hovering between life and death. Can her best friend, Kim, and her boyfriend, Adam, whose voices mix in her head with vivid flashbacks, convince her to try to go on living?
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My sister's keeper
by Jodi Picoult
Written with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity, this novel is about a teen who was conceived as a bone marrow match for her sister Kate, and what happens when she begins to question who she really is.
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The afterlife
by Gary Soto
A young man is murdered, but that's just when his life becomes interesting as he finally sees that people love him. He then faces the consequences of his actions and even stumbles on what may be true love.
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Where I want to be
by Adele Griffin
Two teenaged sisters, separated by death but still connected, work through their feelings of loss over the closeness they shared as children that was later destroyed by one's mental illness, and finally make peace with each other.
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Whistling in the dark
by Lesley Kagen
Sally O'Malley made a promise to her daddy before he died. She swore she'd look after her sister, Troo. Now, during the summer of 1959, the girls' mother is hospitalized, their stepfather has abandoned them for a six pack, and their big sister, Nell, is too busy making out with her boyfriend to notice that Sally and Troo are on the Loose. And so is a murderer and molester. Highly imaginative Sally is pretty sure of two things. Who the killer is. And that she's next on his list. Now she has no choice but to protect herself and Troo as best she can, relying on her own courage and the kindness of her neighbors.
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